Gilbert Gottfried: Funniest man alive

Just in case folks haven't seen this yet... Stay with it until the 19min mark or so.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCk3J7gUaaw

Best comment "19 minutes in, Gilbert Gottfried realizes how easy it must've been to be hitler"

i'm listening to his podcast bc tom scharpling is a guest and ... it is delightful?

man, that's quite a pair, as i once said to Jayne Mansfield

Yeah, this was pretty good. Surprising, perhaps, because Tom and Gil seem like a pretty big mismatch of comedic styles, but the convo never felt awkward. Tom's singing, on the other hand...

It's generally just like the Scharpling episode, not always laugh-a-minute, but it's a great podcast to subscribe to.

tom is pretty clearly a big fan of the podcast, he was referencing stuff from past episodes

the one-hit-wonders episodes are so great

I like how his cohost is constantly astounded by Gilbert's perfect recall of the lyrics of ancient Top 40 songs. It's almost a savant-type power Gilbert has

ha i relate to that

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3d--LpVQxDo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBlukXUiiWM

I finally listened to the John Amos episode they reference constantly on later eps of the podcast. It's very good.

there's a docfilm at Tribeca showing him 'out of character'

https://tribecafilm.com/filmguide/gilbert-2017

Doc trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLa3XVMfUzo

opens in NY this weekend

I'm glad to see he takes the Megabus to gigs, as I would

The doc is good, if a bit...over-scored (?!). I'm surprised that it passes completely over his SNL days, though perhaps this is to give more time to more recent career setbacks--I didn't realize that he took to the Aflac thing so hard--as well as some fairly candid family stuff (the film is dedicated to his sister, who passed away a few months ago). Mostly, though, I just want a pair of Max Gottfried's glasses.

the season he was on SNL is widely regarded as The Disaster Year, and there's only so many clips of bad sketches you can inflict on an audience (one?).

doc is good!

Doc is solid, could've done with a little less "OMG how did this misfit freak end up with an attractive wife and a family!?"

for sure

tbf like every third guest on his podcast feels the need to echo that sentiment to him on the air.

the season he was on SNL is widely regarded as The Disaster Year, and there's only so many clips of bad sketches you can inflict on an audience (one?).

― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius)

clips from the 1672 season of snl are hard to come by

It had to happen:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaF6NfyVqqs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftMb7wLrqsw

Still one of my favorite stand up bits. :(

Thread name change?

R.I.P💔 pic.twitter.com/KObq2B2QEd

— DoogieHowser (@MattHowserMD) April 12, 2022

got me scared that Jeffrey Ross had died too

We can always pretend that's Madeline Albright

was just watching an old Dr Katz ep last night with Gilbert & was crying with laughter. he was not playing along with the improv at all, just screaming random interruptions at Katz: "You know Gilbert, Sigmund Freud once said-" "HE SAID THIS TO YOU??? WHEN DID YOU TALK TO HIM???"

GG persisting with *that* voice is one of the greatest comedy moves ever imo

RIP Gilbert

GG’s “old Groucho Marx” impression was the best thing ever. Sad that we never got an old Gilbert Gottfried.

damn rip gil, he was great

RIP to one of the best to do it

jake fogelnest posted this great old clip

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CcQ4InClqDA

got me scared that Jeffrey Ross had died too

he would be the only one id be ok with kicking the bucket

This collection of early-ish (1985-90) Gottfried standup appearances on Letterman is insane.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fii2DPoNfZo

We got to work with him once, he was everything you’d hoped he’d be. pic.twitter.com/uWT6oyw4Q7

— Jon Wurster (@jonwurster) April 12, 2022

a recap of the 9/13/01 Hefner Roast including Gottfried’s set

quite a thing

https://observer.com/2005/08/why-have-a-night-like-this-in-times-like-these/

I watched that live at the age of 15 and holy shit did it blow my mind. Was he the first comedian ballsy enough to try a 9/11 joke?

Remember when a bunch of people lost their shit over this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qTiqQz29t8

losing Gottfried makes me even sadder that Morbs isnt’t with us

shit just keeps getting less funny :(

RIP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_foueV9OFU

Tony Curtis talking to Gavin McLeod

pure genius

Writer Eric Spitznagel on Facebook:

I interviewed Gilbert Gottfried a half dozen times over the years. I even ghostwrote a few magazine essays for him. He didn't need me. He was always hilarious, and yes, that was his actual voice. Once, the Dame was out of town and I had a call with him, and Charlie (who was maybe 3 at the time) wouldn't leave me alone so I handed him the phone and let him interview Gilbert for awhile. I still have the tape of their conversation somewhere. At the end, Gilbert exclaimed, "That kid is going places! [Long pause.] Prison, most likely. But still, places!"
He used to call me months after a story was published, and say, "Spitznagel, it's your Jewish friend. Listen, I came up with better jokes. Could you stop the presses?" I still clearly recall one of the last messages he ever left me. He said, "Spitznagel! I thought you were dead. That's not quite true, I HOPED you were dead. Anyway, call me. You said everybody at Playboy loved our first draft. Does that include Dorothy Stratten?"
To this day, his number is still in my phone, because you never knew when Gilbert might call. I see no good reason to remove it now.

the 2017 doc “Gilbert” is streaming on PlutoTV - highly recommend if you are a fan, its a very sweet snapshot of him & his family, v touching

Amazing

rest in peace to Gilbert Gottfried who has probably the best sequence in game show history on Hollywood Squares. if you're not an old hag like me who remembers the rules, both contestants needed his square to secure the 5-square win, but he decided to troll both of them pic.twitter.com/Egzyzygudd

— manny (@mannyfidel) April 12, 2022

Well I guess that leaves me...

I watched that live at the age of 15 and holy shit did it blow my mind. Was he the first comedian ballsy enough to try a 9/11 joke?

― frogbs, Tuesday, April 12, 2022 7:36 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

Frogbs, did you not see 'the Aristocrats'?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAxrBrkOE8E